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Statutory Rape Charges Filed

Jun 11, 2012 at 09:19 am by Bryan Barrett


A 21-year old Smyrna man has been arrested on mitigated statutory rape charges. Mitigated statutory rape occurs when unlawful sexual penetration takes place between a victim that is at least 15 years old, but less than 18 years old. Ethan S. Payne allegedly met the underage girl at Taco Bell in Smyrna this past February. He was charged with 11-counts of mitigated statutory rape. He will appear in court on June 18. 

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